Parks & places

WAF’s 2015 Landscape of the Year Yanweizhou Park has given Jinua City a new cultural and community identity. The “sparrow tail” wetlands, circular bioswales, ‘cut and fill’ terraced riverbank and entirely permeable surrounds “make friends” with flooding. Image: Turenscape.

Sponge cities: Kongjian Yu and Adrian McGregor in conversation

by Foreground—April 10, 2018

South Melbourne Primary School integrates community services alongside education. Image: Chris Matterson.

A fenceless, vertical school in Melbourne trades hard borders for close-knit community

by Foreground—April 4, 2018

Abbotsford Convent Gardens, Melbourne.

Heritage at risk: Can Australia’s heritage gardens survive climate change?

by Lucy Salt—March 5, 2018

Newcastle Ocean Baths, New South Wales.

Take ten: Foreground’s top 2017 stories for your summer

by Foreground—December 28, 2017

An artist's impression of the Noble Park Station precinct, sitting in Melbourne's south-east. Image: LXRA.

The inverse high-line: Melbourne’s Skyrail linear park

by Foreground—December 7, 2017

Pundits cite parklets as urban interventions that foster a sense of social inclusion. Image: Seattle Department of Transport.

Pick a Parklet: People love them, and so should business, too

by Amelia Thorpe—December 7, 2017

The garden will form part of a four-year food education program, with the SA Government investing A$1.6m.

Adelaide’s Botanic Garden rediscovers its productive roots

by Jo Russell-Clarke—November 2, 2017

Adelaide's city centre set within circular parkland.

Garden Cities no more: Australia’s leafy urban centres are under pressure

by Foreground—October 26, 2017

Person reading phone in park

The Foreground five: September’s most-read stories

by Foreground—October 6, 2017

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Mall Seats come in DDA iterations, and with curves to allow people to sit for longer.

How to place seats in the city

by Street Furniture Australia—September 20, 2017

The proposed City Rd rainforest in Melbourne's Southbank.

Space savers: the local councils turning roads for rubber, to parks for people

by Foreground—August 31, 2017

Melbourne's rather rudimentary concrete bollards have witnessed a citizen-led decoration effort.

When bollards are not enough

by Jon Coaffee—August 24, 2017